April 22, 2006
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Easy Potato Soup
I have a fun assignment every July: I purchase all the food for our church’s Family Camp. Which means I get to work with one of THE BEST camp cooks. Teresa has so many tricks and has gladly shared many with me. Here’s one;
Easy Potato Soup
Fix a package of scalloped potatoes according to directions.
Put cooked potatoes in a big pot and add milk until it is a soup like mixture.
Add chunks of ham. Heat and serve.
Voila! Potato Soup!I’ve never met a person who didn’t like this soup. For 150 people, we purchase several 36 oz boxes of scalloped potatoes from a restaurant supply store. I buy this size and follow the recipe for half a box, which probably feeds 20. I’m sure that the regular size from the grocery store would work well too. It’s not the best diet food, but it really tastes nourishing. We’re at the tail end of “soup season” and it’s chilly enough outside to warrant something warm and comforting.
If you’ve tasted Teresa’s soup, please comment!!
Comments (4)
Sounds super easy! My husband loves soup and eats it year round. Question about the directions? When you *put the cooked potatoes in a big pot* is that the ones from the box of scalloped potatoes or additional ones. Sorry for being so dense
I have a ham bone in the fridge and it’s begging to be made into soup.
i have to agree with you, family camp soup is always a highlight;)
Dana, I’m sorry it was confusing. There’s no additional potatoes. You are just transfering the potatoes from an oven dish to a soup pot. If you have a dish that works both in the oven and stovetop you wouldn’t need to transfer. The scalloped potatoes are usually cooked in the oven; I usually make the soup on the stove. I think at camp they use those long steaming trays.
Oh…I am trying this one
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Love potato soup!!!!